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Subj:	Editor Startup Files (was RE: DEC Mail Utility Madness)

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From:     nagy%warner.hepnet@Lbl.Arpa (Frank J. Nagy/VAX Guru)
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Subject: Editor Startup Files (was RE: DEC Mail Utility Madness)
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>Well, the original question hasn't been answered yet:
>>How would one define MAIL$EDIT so that the whatever/EDIT commands would work?
     
>That is, how to send AND read mail using the same editor interface, not just
>the same editor. E.g. my MAIL$EDIT points to a EDTINI.EDT file in a group's
>common directory, which defines a number of additional keys and such.
     
>So how does one cause CALLABLE_EDT to execute a specific startup file?
>(BTW, DEFINE CALLABLE_EDT <my-usual-EDTINI.EDT> and
>      DEFINE MAIL$EDIT CALLABLE_EDT doesn't work :-) )

Define the logical name EDTINI to point to your EDT startup file:

	$ DEFINE  EDTINI  SYS$LOGIN:EDTINI.EDT	!For instance

Then your EDT keys and macros will be defined no matter what your current
directory is; these same definitions will also be in effect in EDT when
it is called from MAIL (by defining MAIL$EDIT as CALLABLE_EDT).

Similarly, for LSE, I have my initializations embedded in a section file
which I reference by the logical name LSE$SECTION.  This then works
no matter what directory I'm in and in MAIL-called LSE (by defining
MAIL$EDIT to be CALLABLE_LSE).  Similar actions can be taken for TPU.

= Frank J. Nagy   "VAX Guru"
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